Match Report
Blackpool, 13th with 45 points, sat 26 points above Southend United (22nd, 19). Recent form flatters Blackpool's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. In league terms the two rates read 1.26/1.23 for Blackpool and 1.11/2.43 for Southend United (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.31.
Blackpool had lost four in a row. The last-five ledger: Blackpool 1/15, Southend United 8/15.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Blackpool, 2 by Southend United, 2 drawn, at 2.71 goals per meeting. In 71% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, capacity 16,200, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Blackpool led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.